By Charmaine Ndlela
The ANC has welcomed the KwaZulu-Natal High Court ruling that found Chief Albert Luthuli was brutally beaten to death by the apartheid police in 1967.
This after Judge Nompumelelo Hadebe overturned an inquest on Thursday which concluded that the former ANC president died after being hit by a train.
The inquest into Luthuli’s death was reopened earlier this year.
“The Court, presided over by Judge Nompumelelo Hadebe, affirmed that both oral and documentary evidence presented in the reopened inquest do not support those discredited findings,” said ANC national spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu.
“The ruling restores historical integrity and strengthens our nation’s collective memory… His spirit continues to guide our journey of national renewal and social transformation.”
In April 2025, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) enrolled a new inquest into the death of Chief Luthuli.
Born in 1898, Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli died on 21 July 1967 at the age of 69.
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